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title: "Accessibility Checker Rule Help: RPT_Meta_Refresh"
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import "../../../styles/ToolHelp.scss"
import { CodeSnippet, Tag } from "carbon-components-react";

<div className="toolHelp">
<Row>
<Column colLg={5} colMd={3} colSm={4} className="toolLeft">

### Who does this affect?

* Blind people using screen readers
* People with low vision using screen magnification
* People with dexterity impairment
* People who physically cannot use a pointing device
* People with reading disabilities
* Many older adults

### Why is this important?

Some individuals might need more time to read or interact with a page than the author expects. If the page auto-refreshes while they are still reading/working, it might prevent access to content by resetting their location on the page.

</Column>
<Column colLg={11} colMd={5} colSm={4} className="toolMain">

<div id="locLevel"></div>

### Check if a page is being caused to refresh automatically
Pages should not refresh automatically

[IBM 2.2.1 Timing Adjustable](https://www.ibm.com/able/guidelines/ci162/timing_adjustable.html) | [WACG 2.1 failure technique F41](https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/Techniques/failures/F41)

<div id="locSnippet"></div>

### What to do

 * Remove the `<META>` tag that causes an automatic page refresh (e.g. `<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="10">`) and use a different method to update information on the page;
 * OR, provide an option to turn off, extend, or adjust the timing of the page refresh;
 * OR, at the top of the page, provide a single line of explanation and link to a non-refreshing page. For example "This page automatically reloads every 10 seconds. A `<a href="..."> non-updating equivalent page </a>` with a refresh button is available."


</Column>
</Row>
</div>

export default ({ children, _frontmatter }) => (<React.Fragment>{children}</React.Fragment>)